Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, APRIL 18th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
78 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, TRIAL, JURORS
Twelve Manhattanites have been chosen to serve on the jury for the first criminal trial of a U.S. president.
The judge ordered that the jurors’ identities be kept confidential during the trial and that reporters withhold some information that could identify
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JOHNSON, SPEAKER, MIKE, HOUSE
Donald Trump Jr. roasted House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on social media Thursday after Johnson's about-face on moving forward with a foreign-aid package without U.S. border security included.
Trump posted a 56-second montage video of Johnson once insisting
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COLUMBIA, ANTI, OMAR, ISRAEL
One day after Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., questioned Columbia University administrators about the mistreatment of students protesting Israel’s war on Gaza, the school suspended Omar’s daughter and two other students for participating in a campus protest.
Omar’s
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JR, KENNEDY, BIDEN, FAMILY
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign is spotlighting that the independent presidential candidate has moved a step closer to his goal of getting on the ballot in all 50 states.
The campaign of the longtime environmental activist and high-profile vaccine skeptic,
Continued at Fox News...
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IRAN, ISRAEL, ATTACK, SANCTIONS
Unidentified men are carrying a model of Iran's first-ever hypersonic missile, Fattah, past a mosque during a gathering to celebrate the IRGC UAV and missile attack against Israel, in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced
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UKRAINE, TRUMP, AID, RUSSIA
Ukraine's prime minister on how U.S. aid could make a difference on the frontlines Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal tells NPR that it's crucial for Congress to pass a $60 billion aid package to successfully defend itself against Russia.
Europe Ukraine's
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MAYORKAS, IMPEACHMENT, SENATE, TRIAL
The secretary said he hadn't read the articles of impeachment against him.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced an icy reception from Senate Republicans on Thursday, one day after the swift dismissal of the GOP impeachment case brought against
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BETTS, BROTHERS, ALLMAN, 80
(AP) Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts’ manager of 20 years, confirmed.
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TRUMP, MEDIA, STOCK, DJT
It's been an up and down week for Trump's DJT stock Shares of the company behind Truth Social — under stock ticker DJT — have had quite a volatile ride since their debut last month. Here's a look at what's been going on.
Business It's been an up and down week
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GUN, SHOOTING, MAINE, MASS
About six months after Richard Card carried out a brutal shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, the state legislature has passed three significant gun control bills supposedly aimed at preventing future tragedies. The legislation highlights concerns over mass
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GOOGLE, 28, CONTRACT, FIRES
Google on Wednesday fired 28 workers after dozens of employees participated in sit-ins at the company’s New York and Sunnyvale, Calif., offices to protest the company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government.
A day earlier, nine employees were
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BIDEN, STORY, CANNIBAL, BAD
President Biden seemed to imply Wednesday that a relative of his was eaten by cannibals during World War II, but the tale quickly faced mockery and skepticism online.
While in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Biden shared a story about his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose
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TAX, BUSINESSES, EXPLAIN, SMALL
Lower wages, higher prices, and fewer job opportunities await the U.S. should President Biden succeed in his corporate tax increase scheme.
Biden wants to take the current corporate tax rate of 21% and raise it to 28%. This is a 33% increase which will saddle
Continued at Town Hall...
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CAITLIN, CLARK, ODDS, WNBA
The basketball phenom otherwise known as Caitlin Clark has been in the news a lot in recent weeks thanks in part to controversies that originated with people not named Caitlin Clark regarding the debate over her impact on the sport as she heads to the WNBA.
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911, STATES, OUTAGES, SOUTH
Emergency services on the 911 telephone call line were restored late on Wednesday in parts of the United States, officials said, following a widespread outage across all of South Dakota and in parts of Nebraska, Nevada, and Texas.
Officials in South Dakota,
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PALESTINIAN, STATE, UNITED, RECOGNITION
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is shown. Despite U.S. opposition, there is overwhelming support on the 15-nation U.N. Security Council for the Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership.
The United States is once again opposing Palestinian efforts to gain
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COYOTES, ARIZONA, FANS, CHANT
The Coyotes gave dedicated fans one last fond memory in Arizona Wednesday night when they bested the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in what will be, at least for now, their final game in the state they called home for nearly three decades.
Earlier this week, it was reported
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SENATE, BILL, EXPIRATION, SURVEILLANCE
The Senate on Thursday agreed to move ahead with a two-year reauthorization of an expiring warrantless surveillance law, rushing to pass the legislation before a Friday deadline when the statute is set to lapse.
The bill would extend a provision known as Section
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TOM, EDELMAN, JULIAN, NFL
Maybe Julian Edelman was wrong.
After Tom Brady said he was "not opposed" to an NFL return if a team needed him to fill in for an injured quarterback, his former teammate told Fox News Digital he didn't think Brady was serious about a return.
A video Brady
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TEXAS, WATER, CAUSED, SYSTEM
A hack that caused a small Texas town's water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks.
The attack was one of three on small towns
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GOP, KANSAS, LATURNER, JAKE
Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., said Thursday he will not seek reelection for a third term, putting even more pressure on Republicans to hold their razor-thin majority in the House.
LaTurner, 36, who represents Kansas' second congressional district, said in a
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ARRESTED, RUN, HIT, OREGON
A University of Oregon football player was charged with felony hit-and-run in a fatal incident that occurred earlier in the week, police said Wednesday.
Daylen Amir Austin, 19, was arrested in the incident, Eugene police said. The crash occurred on Monday,
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NEW, TRUMP, REPUBLICANS, CRUCIAL
“I don’t know. This is very upsetting. And I don’t understand it,” Norman told Carney.
And Gallagher’s delayed leave will push back a proposal by Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to strip Johnson of the gavel over his support for Ukraine, an effort
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HUSBAND, STURGEON, NICOLA, CHARGED
Peter Murrell, the husband of Scotland’s former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was charged on Thursday in connection with embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party, which she once led and where he once held a senior position.
The announcement,
Continued at New York Times...